Tab key doesn't move between Entry fields on Mac Catalyst

[davidortinau]

Description

Form with 2 Entry fields and a Button. When I press the tab key, it adds tab spacing to the Entry with focus.

I expect it to move between fields by default. This is the behavior on Apple apps like Contacts. This is also the default behavior of SwiftUI.

//
//  ContentView.swift
//  Shared
//
//  Created by David Ortinau on 7/1/22.
//

import SwiftUI

struct ContentView: View {
    @State private var username: String = ""
    @State private var password: String = ""
    
    var body: some View {
        VStack{
            Text("Hello, world!")
                .padding()
            TextField("User name (email address)",
                      text: $username)
            TextField(
                    "Password",
                    text: $password
                )
                
        }
        
    }
}

struct ContentView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        ContentView()
    }
}

While I may be able to force this behavior, it seems it should be the default, and any other behavior should be additional work.

Steps to Reproduce

Run this as a Mac Catalyst app, focus on the first Entry, then hit the Tab key to move between fields.
EntryTabbing.zip

Version with bug

6.0.400 (current)

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

macOS

Affected platform versions

latest

Did you find any workaround?

No response

Relevant log output

No response

[jsuarezruiz]

Verified with the attached sample.

[agendamatic]

I've run into this as well. On Mac Catalyst, the tab \t literal is inserted into the text. While I can see use cases for inserting a tab into an Entry (or Editor), normal tab support should take precedence.

Per the documentation (at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/user-interface/controls/entry): "The Completed event is raised when the user has ended input by pressing the return key on the keyboard, or by pressing the Tab key on Windows." This would also apply to Mac Catalyst as a desktop environment with a keyboard.

I just tested this on Windows, and while the focus does move to the next focusable element, the Completed event is not invoked.

[Redth]

This appears to be working fine for me now in the latest service release. @davidortinau please close if you agree.

[ghost]

Hi @davidortinau. We have added the "s/try-latest-version" label to this issue, which indicates that we'd like you to try and reproduce this issue on the latest available public version. This can happen because we think that this issue was fixed in a version that has just been released, or the information provided by you indicates that you might be working with an older version.

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[tstephansen]

Not sure if this is related but the tab key also doesn't move between fields in a Maui Blazor app running on MacCatalyst.

[hartez]

I just tested this with the latest stable and the attached repro project, and it's working as expected.